Euan Stainbank.

Euan Stainbank broke with Labour on welfare twice in quick succession in July 2025 — voting against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at both Second and Third Reading, and backing a Conservative-led procedural amendment designed to block it. That makes him one of the MPs who openly defied the government on its most politically charged domestic legislation of the year. His voting record on disability benefits sits 25 percentage points above the Labour party average, suggesting this is a considered position rather than a one-off. Earlier, in June 2025, he also voted for a new clause to the assisted dying bill, though that vote was a matter of conscience rather than party rebellion.

Beyond those flashpoints, Stainbank is an active MP by Commons standards — voting in 89% of divisions, well above the typical backbencher, and speaking across 141 debates. He is a near-total party loyalist otherwise, voting with Labour 99.2% of the time. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, local government, energy, and health. He scores 25 percentage points above his party average on NHS funding votes and 21 points above on consumer protection, while sitting notably below party average on armed forces welfare and veterans' issues.

Local coverage is broadly positive, with news crediting him for securing investment tranches worth tens of millions for Falkirk communities — including a £20m Pride in Place award and a £21.5m fund — and for constituency casework such as pushing for dedicated community policing at the High Flats. He sits on the Commons Finance Committee. News sentiment over the past 90 days is effectively neutral across a high volume of local coverage, with no dominant negative thread. Some of the highest-impact articles in the data relate to his predecessor rather than Stainbank directly.